[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 128 (Monday, July 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36431-36432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17759]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss 
several issues including: discussion of CALFED document on ``Selecting 
a Preferred Alternative''; presentation and discussion of the findings 
of the CALFED Scientific Panel on the effects of Delta diversions on 
Delta Fisheries; CALFED outreach to the California business community; 
and a panel on the health of the San Francisco Bay. This meeting is 
open to the public. Interested persons may make oral statements to the 
BDAC or may file written statements for consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council meeting will be held from 9 a.m. 
to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, 1998, and Friday, July 17, 1998 from 
8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council will meet at the Hilton 
Oakland Airport, 1 Hagenberger Road, Oakland, CA 94621 (510) 635-5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Selkirk, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, at (916) 657-2666. If 
reasonable accommodation is needed due to a disability, please contact 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Office at (916) 653-6952 or TDD (916) 
653-6934 at least one week prior to the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin 
Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta system) is a critically important part of 
California's natural environment and economy. In

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recognition of the serious problems facing the region and the complex 
resource management decisions that must be made, the state of 
California and the Federal government are working together to 
stabilize, protect, restore, and enhance the Bay-Delta system. The 
State and Federal agencies with management and regulatory 
responsibilities in the Bay-Delta system are working together as CALFED 
to provide policy direction and oversight of the process. One area of 
Bay-Delta management includes the establishment of a joint State-
Federal process to develop long-term solutions to problems in the Bay-
Delta system related to fish and wildlife, water supply reliability, 
natural disasters, and water quality. The intent is to develop a 
comprehensive and balanced plan which addresses all of the resource 
problems. This effort, the CALFED Bay-Delta Program (Program), is being 
carried out under the policy direction of CALFED. The Program is 
exploring and developing a long-term solution for a cooperative 
planning process that will determine the most appropriate strategy and 
actions necessary to improve water quality, restore health to the Bay-
Delta ecosystem, provide for a variety of beneficial uses, and minimize 
Bay-Delta system vulnerability. A group of citizen advisors 
representing California's agricultural, environmental, urban, business, 
fishing, and other interests who have a stake in finding long-term 
solutions for the problems affecting the Bay-Delta system has been 
chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) as the Bay-
Delta Advisory Council (BDAC) to advise CALFED on the program mission, 
problems to be addressed, and objectives for the Program. BDAC provides 
a forum to help ensure public participation, and will review reports 
and other materials prepared by CALFED staff. BDAC has established a 
subcommittee called the Ecosystem Roundtable to provide input on annual 
workplans to implement ecosystem restoration projects and programs.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Program, Suite 
1155, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, and will be available 
for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday through 
Friday within 30 days following the meeting.

    Dated: June 26, 1998.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-17759 Filed 7-2-98; 8:45 am]
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